How about not talking past each other and declaring victory? The majority of software, prior to the internet, were necessarily optional. There were corporate lo

How about not talking past each other and declaring victory? The majority of software, prior to the internet, were necessarily optional. There were corporate lock-ins. These are not the software most people purchased/owned. 2000-2005, the biggest automatic updates that consumers had to deal with were Windows (Office, OS, etc) updates and games. Valve's Steam, which had come into prevalence (notably Counterstrike:Source), World of Warcraft, etc. By 2008 (Google Chrome), automatic updates were common. I would say the ship had sailed by 2005. Yes, this is 1 full generation ago.